Create your own video book review and enter it in the 2009 Storytubes Contest! To participate, film your 2 minutes or less review with 1 to 5 people per video and upload the file on to Youtube or Teachertube. Contest runs from January 8-February 15,2009. For more information click here, or come see Ms. Lightfoot in the library!
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
5th Grade- MCBA Voice Thread Project
Voice Thread - to watch the tutorial video click on "What is a VoiceThread Anyway"
I was really impressed with all of the brainstorming I saw today in class. There were some great ideas that came up and I am very excited for this project. Great work!
I was really impressed with all of the brainstorming I saw today in class. There were some great ideas that came up and I am very excited for this project. Great work!
Friday, October 31, 2008
The Big House by Carolyn Coman
Coman, Carolyn. The Big House. Honesdale, PA : Front Street, 2004. ISBN 1-932425-09-8.
Ray and Ivy's parents have just been sent to prison for 25 years for embezzlement. If that isn't bad enough, their accusers, Marietta and Lionel, have offered to let Ray and Ivy live with them! The big house they live in holds lots of secrets. Ivy knows that Marietta and Lionel are guilty of something, she just doesn't know what. Her mission- find evidence against Marietta and Lionel and take them to court. As Ivy and Ray begin their investigation they find lots of different pieces of evidence but are not sure how this evidence adds up. Luckily, they make some friends along the way who help them figure out the evidence they have collected.
Ray and Ivy's parents have just been sent to prison for 25 years for embezzlement. If that isn't bad enough, their accusers, Marietta and Lionel, have offered to let Ray and Ivy live with them! The big house they live in holds lots of secrets. Ivy knows that Marietta and Lionel are guilty of something, she just doesn't know what. Her mission- find evidence against Marietta and Lionel and take them to court. As Ivy and Ray begin their investigation they find lots of different pieces of evidence but are not sure how this evidence adds up. Luckily, they make some friends along the way who help them figure out the evidence they have collected.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Halloween Research
Check out the following websites to learn more about Halloween- you will find information on the history of Halloween, bats, pumpkins, games and more!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Presidents & Elections
Here are some sites that will help you learn more about U.S. Presidents and the Presidential Election
Presidential Fun Facts - fun and little known facts about presidents
The American Presidency - find statistics on each president's life history and the members of their cabinet
Whitehouse Kids - presidential biographies
Scholastic News Online Election 2008 - coverage of the 2008 presidential election
The Democracy Project from PBS Kids - you can be the President!
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Peirce School Author Election
Attention Students!
On Tuesday, November 4, 2008 Peirce Elementary School will hold an Author Election to elect our favorite children's book author. The candidates are Roald Dahl, J.K. Rowling, Mo Willems and Tomie dePaola. Votes will be tallied and on Wednesday the winning author will be announced. Check out the bulletin board by the auditorium for more information!
On Tuesday, November 4, 2008 Peirce Elementary School will hold an Author Election to elect our favorite children's book author. The candidates are Roald Dahl, J.K. Rowling, Mo Willems and Tomie dePaola. Votes will be tallied and on Wednesday the winning author will be announced. Check out the bulletin board by the auditorium for more information!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Savvy by Ingrid Law
Law, Ingrid. Savvy. New York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8037-3306-0The Beaumont Family is special. The people in their town can't quite put their finger on what it is that makes the Beaumont's special. On their 13th birthday each Beaumont gets a special gift- a Savvy. Nobody can predict what their savvy will be, or how powerful it will be. Rocket creates electricity and Fish creates storms and now it is Mibs' turn to get a special savvy. A few days before Mibs' birthday, her father is in a terrible accident and now lies unconscious in the hospital. Mibs knows deep in her heart that her new savvy will help her father wake up from his coma- if she can just get to the hospital. When Mibs sees an opportunity for a ride by sneaking onto a salesman's truck, she takes it. But when other children follow her and they all get stuck on the truck going the wrong way they are in for quite the adventure.
Official Savvy Website
Check out the author's site
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Oggie Cooder by Sarah Weeks
Weeks, Sarah. Oggie Cooder. New York : Scholastic Press, 2008. ISBN 0439927919Have you ever charved? What?! You have never even heard of charving? Well- charving is a combination of chewing and carving slices of cheese into shapes, and fourth grader Oggie Cooder happens to be an expert charver. At school everybody picks on Oggie, just because he dresses and acts a little differently. After he wins a spot on a popular television talent show for his charving ability everyone wants to be just like him. However, when his manager, popular classmate Donnica Perfecto, begins trying to change Oggie to make him even more of a hit with potential viewers, charving and popularity starts to lose their appeal.
Recommended for grades 4 and up.
Check out these cool cheese carvings....
Cheese on the cob!
Photo from http://www.onmilwaukee.com/
This Cheesosaurus didn't go extinct...he melted!
Do you think a princess made of cheese lives in this Cheese Castle?
Photo from www.icewonder.com
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